It is flabbergasting to consider the utter arrogance of the U.S., demanding that Canada spend hundreds of millions of dollars sorting and giving up financial records for their inspection.

It is doubly flabbergasting to hear that Finance Minister Jim Flaherty signed off on it despite Canadian sovereignty, not to mention the violation of every Canadians’ enshrined rights and freedoms.

It is triply flabbergasting to hear not a word of objection from anyone. We are too busy throwing snowballs at Russia for its disregard for the sovereignty of Ukraine. How come the Russian arrogance gets the front page, while that of the U.S. is buried on page 15 on the Opinion page? Many thanks to Mr. Jatras, a voice in the wilderness.

One last thing: The agreement is known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, FATCA, an acronym that begs another letter. Second City couldn’t make this stuff up.